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monochromatic (iou) and guinea worm (sh)


monochromatic (iou)



monochromatic adjective. E19.
[from MONO- + CHROMATIC adjective. Cf. MONOCHROME.]
1. Having or producing only one colour; spec. (of light) of one wavelength. Also, (of Other radiation) of a single wavelength or energy throughout. E19.
2. Executed in monochrome. E19.
3. Ophthalmology. Having or designating a form of colour-blindness in which all colours appear as shades of one colour. E20.
monochromatically adverb (a) in a monochromatic way; (b) without regard to colour: L19.
monochromaticity noun monochromatic condition; extent of concentration at one wavelength or frequency: M20.

guinea worm (sh)




or medina worm or dragon worm

Nematode (Dracunculus medinensis) that is a common parasite of humans and Other mammals in tropical Asia and Africa and has been introduced into the West Indies and tropical South America.

The female grows to 20-48 in. (50-120 cm) long; the male, which dies upon mating, is only about 0.5-1.1 in. (12-29 mm) long. Both sexes live in the connective tissue of the host animal. Humans become infected when they drink water containing tiny crustaceans (e.g., copepods) that have eaten guinea-worm larvae. The disease the guinea worm carries, called dracunculiasis, can be extremely debilitating and painful.